Mark Pryor is down by about five points in his Senate reelection race against Arkansas Congressman and Iraq veteran Tom Cotton. And Pryor’s latest gaffetastic flub may be the nail in his campaign’s coffin.

“When I think of the middle class I think of most of Arkansas, and maybe that goes up to $150,000 and $200,000,” Pryor said.

With no official definition of the phrase “middle class” available, most commentators refer to it as those who earn 50 percent above or below the median yearly income. The American middle class earns somewhere between $25,500 and $76,500 per year. That’s far from what middle class means in Senator Mark Pryor’s world.

Next time, Mark Pryor should just keep quite the same way he did when Jason Mattera confronted him about his support for Obamacare.

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Jerome Hudson

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Jerome Hudson has written for numerous national outlets, including The Hill, National Review, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and was recognized as one of Florida’s emerging stars, having been included in the list “25 Under 30: Florida’s Rising Young Political Class.” Hudson is a Savannah, Ga. native who currently resides in Florida.

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